SMiLE: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Brian Wilson
Mar 24, 2024 17:35:35 GMT
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Post by B.E. on Mar 24, 2024 17:35:35 GMT
Release date: October 22, 2024.
As posted by AGD on EHF, here's what David Leaf posted on facebook about the book:
www.amazon.com/Smile-Rise-Resurrection-Brian-Wilson/dp/1915841313/
As posted by AGD on EHF, here's what David Leaf posted on facebook about the book:
Much to my surprise, this link showed up at Amazon this weekend.
The description at Amazon is not how I would have written it. They didn't even spell SMiLE right. š
Hereās how I would describe it:
The book is an oral history of SMiLE, as told by those who were there: in 1966-1967 and 2003-2004.
The book has a special focus on the months leading up to the world premiere concert in London on February 20, 2004.
And, of course, great stories from that amazing night too. In fact, the book was inspired as a way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that miraculous moment.
But I will say this: the book isn't me telling the SMiLE story: It's Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson and so many who were there during the original SMiLE sessions in 1966-1967.
And for the Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE chapters, Brian's band - including the late, great Jeffrey Foskett & Nick (Nicky Wonder) Walusko - tell the story from their point of view. Darian Sahanaja, of course, is center stage.
I did over two dozen interviews last year and heard some amazing new stories. And there's a forward by Melinda Wilson, written last year when we decided to do this book. The book is dedicated to her.
To bring in even more voices, the book also includes a SMiLE anthology with a dozen essays by a diverse group of writers and authors (including Domenic Priore).
Do I have anything to say? Of course, but in the 130,000 words, Iām the Greek chorus, connecting sections and commenting, too.
Am I an authority, Amazon calls me? That's for you to decide. I have certainly devoted a significant portion of my life to telling Brian Wilson's story, but in this book, we hear from so many others as to what SMiLE was, what it could have been, how it was brought back to life, and what it means twenty years later.
One member of Brianās band who I asked to read the book said it was is so expansive and detailed that āit makes Beautiful Dreamer the āCliff Notesā versionā of the story!
Honestly, I think it may be the best project about Brian Iāve done, but that will be up to you.
You can pre-order at Amazon.com. Enter Smile + David Leaf.
The description at Amazon is not how I would have written it. They didn't even spell SMiLE right. š
Hereās how I would describe it:
The book is an oral history of SMiLE, as told by those who were there: in 1966-1967 and 2003-2004.
The book has a special focus on the months leading up to the world premiere concert in London on February 20, 2004.
And, of course, great stories from that amazing night too. In fact, the book was inspired as a way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that miraculous moment.
But I will say this: the book isn't me telling the SMiLE story: It's Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson and so many who were there during the original SMiLE sessions in 1966-1967.
And for the Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE chapters, Brian's band - including the late, great Jeffrey Foskett & Nick (Nicky Wonder) Walusko - tell the story from their point of view. Darian Sahanaja, of course, is center stage.
I did over two dozen interviews last year and heard some amazing new stories. And there's a forward by Melinda Wilson, written last year when we decided to do this book. The book is dedicated to her.
To bring in even more voices, the book also includes a SMiLE anthology with a dozen essays by a diverse group of writers and authors (including Domenic Priore).
Do I have anything to say? Of course, but in the 130,000 words, Iām the Greek chorus, connecting sections and commenting, too.
Am I an authority, Amazon calls me? That's for you to decide. I have certainly devoted a significant portion of my life to telling Brian Wilson's story, but in this book, we hear from so many others as to what SMiLE was, what it could have been, how it was brought back to life, and what it means twenty years later.
One member of Brianās band who I asked to read the book said it was is so expansive and detailed that āit makes Beautiful Dreamer the āCliff Notesā versionā of the story!
Honestly, I think it may be the best project about Brian Iāve done, but that will be up to you.
You can pre-order at Amazon.com. Enter Smile + David Leaf.
www.amazon.com/Smile-Rise-Resurrection-Brian-Wilson/dp/1915841313/